Midaq Alley

individual performers and, ultimately, helped to lead the “pop” of the music industry. 5. Contrast Tin Pan Alley songs before and after “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”. Answer- Before “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, songs in Tin Pan Alley were more classical, storytelling, and narrative like. They also consisted of sentimental waltz songs and operettas. After the “Alexander Ragtime Band”, Tin Pan Alley songs became more casual and expressed a carefree attitude. They also encompassed free thought and…

Through learning more about the society and the culture in Egypt in the 1940’s the understanding of Midaq Alley was increased. The understanding was increased through learning about how family, as a whole, was viewed. For example, on page 106 of Midaq Alley, Umm Hamida had said “... My daughter shall be his and it will be as though she had never left me,” as stated in the interactive oral family was close knit, even after marriage. Also stated was how homosexuality was punished; examples being…

Naguib Mahfouz’s Zuqāq al-Midaq and Arab Culture Naguib Mahfouz was born on December 11, 1911 in the district of Al-Jamaliyya in Old Cairo and lived with his father, mother, four brothers and two sisters. When he was twelve, his family moved to Al-Abasiyya, a new Cairo suburb. Although Mahfouz had left his earlier district, it remained in his memory to the extent that many of his novels e.g., Midaq Alley and the Trilogy were set in Al-Jamaliyya, the district of his birth. Mahfouz’s life in…

World War II is the most known and studied war throughout the modern world. World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945, it is the deadliest war in history, with over 70 million deaths. When most people think about World War II they think about the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allies included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. But there were many other countries involved…